How to Install and Uninstall tetgen Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "tetgen" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install tetgen on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                tetgen
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "tetgen" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall tetgen on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tetgen
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tetgen package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: tetgen
Priority: extra
Section: universe/math
Installed-Size: 61
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.0-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libtet1.5
Filename: pool/universe/t/tetgen/tetgen_1.5.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 8018
MD5sum: 3b141883edd73518d6780f79d1d48ca8
SHA1: 6d53e3e55d764bf91e4455f0e930fc188ac09b79
SHA256: ca131f0b20e0f35b43d253f60a92ce3a85ca494bba4c5f2f91db928262e22513
Description-en: Quality Tetrahedral Mesh Generator
TetGen generates the Delaunay tetrahedralization, Voronoi diagram, and convex
hull for three-dimensional point sets, generates the constrained Delaunay
tetrahedralizations and quality tetrahedral meshes for three-dimensional
domains with piecewise linear boundary.
Description-md5: 534ff22ee759d1fdf7fe157d49c22883
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.tetgen.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu